[ZeitgeistSurfer]

Having lived in a city where the "elite" brushed up against the underclass on a daily basis, I saw two things. One was the swaggering, rage-filled faces just waiting for their opportunity to inflict violence on those who had more. Second was the mouse-like cowering in that group. I believe the author is on the right track. The threat of violence by the underclass is like a tidal pull that causes elites to embrace appeasement (also known as liberalism).

[cinives]

Theodore Dalrymple would say that the root cause is the inability of the liberal to accept responsibility for his own actions, that the liberal, just like the violent, always has to be blaming someone/thing else for their condition and actions.

Where do you ever see any of these people ever say "It was my fault" ?